Aeonium gorgoneum

{{Short description|Species of succulent}}

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|image = Aeonium gorgoneum - University of California Botanical Garden - DSC08937.JPG

|image_caption = Aeonium gorgoneum at the University of California Botanical Garden

|status = EN

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Catarino, S. |author2=Duarte, M.C. |author3=Romeiras, M.M. |date=2017 |title=Aeonium gorgoneum |volume=2017 |page=e.T107356246A107468052 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T107356246A107468052.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

|genus = Aeonium

|species = gorgoneum

|authority = J.A.Schmidt, 1852

|synonyms = {{Species list

|Aeonium webbii|Bolle

|Sempervivum gorgoneum|J.A.Schmidt ex Cout.

|Sempervivum webbii|Schenck

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|synonyms_ref = {{citation|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2623584|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species|accessdate=30 July 2016}}

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Aeonium gorgoneum is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It was first described by Johann Anton Schmidt in 1852.{{cite work|last=Schmidt|first=Johann Anton|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10587069|title= Beiträge zur Flora der Cap Verdischen Inseln|year=1852|pages=258–259}} Its local name is saião.[http://www.caboverde.com/nature/plant-01.htm Plantas endémicas e arvores indígenas de Cabo Verde] The plant plays a role in traditional medicine for the treatment of coughs.